sbaclimber, I've actually done some trad on my wall to get back into the feel of it after a long break. Granted, I didn't have a helmet on, but placing pink tricams into wall features takes some special technique. And the rope drag is hideous.

Did you at least have an unlit cigarette hanging out of you mouth? :wink:

Yep, that would be the place..Arachnid Traction. For NY State, it doesn't get any better than the High Peaks area.

Amen to that brother!

I thought I recognised it. I thankfully haven't done the route hung-over, but I have done it early May and just about froze my ass off belaying up the second (may have been the next route over). Btw, is the dead tree still in the middle of the face? My rap line got tangled in the stupid thing once :P

Yep, that would be the place..Arachnid Traction. For NY State, it doesn't get any better than the High Peaks area.

Amen to that brother!

I thought I recognised it. I thankfully haven't done the route hung-over, but I have done it early May and just about froze my ass off belaying up the second (may have been the next route over). Btw, is the dead tree still in the middle of the face? My rap line got tangled in the stupid thing once :P

I liked that route, good moves and cool crux, but it seemed stiff for an 8. Unfortunatly I dont have any really bad photos of me on it :wink:

I'm sure I'm missing the irony on this one, but the description literally says:

In reply to:

This is Elaine's wonderful opposed nut placement, along with the bomber green alien/blue-green hybrid alien stack. Note liberal usage of hybrid aliens. Also see proper equalization, if you can follow all the slings. They lead to the main cordalette, I think.

I'm sure I'm missing the irony on this one, but the description literally says:

In reply to:

This is Elaine's wonderful opposed nut placement, along with the bomber green alien/blue-green hybrid alien stack. Note liberal usage of hybrid aliens. Also see proper equalization, if you can follow all the slings. They lead to the main cordalette, I think.

No, I'm pretty sure most of the other pictures from THE ANCHOR thread should be in the "No-No's" chapter of Largos' next Anchors book. We placed over 35 cams in that single anchor, not to metion the big bros, tricams, and copious stoppers. We couldn't even get the whole anchor in a single picture. But damn if we didn't eat our ham sandwiches while hanging off that bad boy! :P